Girish Pillai, Advisor-Infrastructure, Indian Railways, has highlighted key features of the Indian RailwaysĂ´ five-year action plan. Pillai said the National Transport Development Policy Committee has estimated investment till 2032 to be worth Rs 32,00,000 crore.
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Railway Passenger Bookings Fall Over 4%
An over 4 per cent fall in passenger bookings between April and August this year has left the Indian Railways worried, raising concerns about a possible
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Rationale behind HSR
An investment in HSR is typically a government decision which is primarily dependent on a number of factors, such as current and projected traffic, expected saving in time, and a reduction in accidents due to a modal shift, reduction in environmental externalities, ease in congestion in existing modes, and the average willingness of the users to pay.
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Tracking RailwaysĂ´ Performance
Indian Railways has long been groaning under its own weight. How much longer will it be before the government can turn things around? Indian Railways, or Imperium in imperio, as the giant lifeline of India
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Indian Railways improves OR
In a significant financial achievement, Ministry of Railways has shown an improvement in its operating ratio (OR) for the year 2014-15.
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IR may be running trains on loss
Despite an overall opera-ĂÂĄting ratio of 91 per cent, Indian Railways (IR) might be running many of its premium express trains on losses
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Pushing the Railway Behemoth
When we talk about infrastructure in India, what should come to our mind first is Indian Railways, but it doesnĂ´t, because we seem to have taken the railways for granted. Indian Railways (IR) has the largest rail network in Asia
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Railways require capital infusion
S C Agnihotri, Managing Director, Railway Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) points out that infusion of private capital in augmenting infrastructure can break the vicious cycle of poor productivity, underinvestment and poor realisations in Indian Railways
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Can Prabhu bring Indian Railways on track?
Despite having the second largest rail network in the world, Indian Railways (IR) has not been able to bring it on growth trajectory. The rail sector is infested with challenges like snailĂ´s pace expansion and modernisation, poor customer service
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Grant infra status to shipbuilding sector
The Shipping Ministry has sought infrastructure status for the shipbuilding industry so as to provide impetus boost to the sector, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari